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Plant Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Chrysanthemum; Florist's Chrysanthemum; Mum; Ju Hua (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLYCERYL-1-MONOBEHENATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HENEICOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HEXACOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
INDICUMENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
KIKUKETONE-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LINALOOL 53 Plant 3.0 10.0 -0.66 Wealth of India.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 6.0 23.0 -0.57 Wealth of India.
LINARIN 1 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 24.0 90.0 -0.38 Wealth of India.
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant 10.0 42.0 -0.19 Wealth of India.
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 3.0 14.0 -0.42 Wealth of India.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SABINENE 5 Plant 4.0 17.0 -0.44 Wealth of India.
STACHYDRINE 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Estrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 10 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 18 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 12 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Glucogonogenic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Herbicide 6 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.